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Why is Contraception Considered Morally Acceptable?
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<blockquote data-quote="patricius79" data-source="post: 68272147" data-attributes="member: 249421"><p>Hi Cearbhall,</p><p>Thanks for asking.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the ideas laid out in the book "The Future of Adam and Eve" by Mary Rosera Joyce, whose late husband had an original philosophy of creation and the fall.</p><p></p><p>My understanding is that we were all created perfectly and directly by God. But because we weren't sure if we would accept the gift of being finite, we said "maybe" to God, rather than "yes", or "no". Out of this ambivalence came the Big Bang which is the basis of our good but fallen world. The story in Genesis--which is the story of our actual parents, Adam and Eve--is not the story of our original creation from nothing but the story of our redemptive creation. I think there are passages in Genesis which indicate evolution too.</p><p></p><p>This whole philosophy makes sense of how the world was clearly fallen even before Adam and Eve sinned. Evolution is a process by which God gently guides creation toward its ultimate reunion with him.</p><p></p><p>But we don't evolve from lower creatures. It is our personhood--as bodily spirits-- that actively recieves evolved matter into ourselves in order to work out our salvation in a fallen world, through learning to love all that is through CHrist, the Crucified.</p><p></p><p>One of the key differences between your beliefs in mine is--as I understand it--that you believe in materialism, which means that our personhood is based in our biology. Whereas, I believe our biology is person-based.</p><p></p><p>To make sure I'm on topic, I would see contraception as part of this ambivalence about being finite.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would even say it is very spiritually harmful to contracept, especially if one knows better (which, today, many people do not).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It would if the center of our sexuality and intimacy were our genitalia. But the center of our sexuality is our spirituality (our personhood) and our brain, especially the high brain (frontal lobes). Being sexual is expansive and intensive, effecting everything we do. The New Adam and the New Eve never had sexual relations with anyone and were completely chaste and pure, but were the most sexual humans in history because of their love. Do you follow, or am I missing something?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patricius79, post: 68272147, member: 249421"] Hi Cearbhall, Thanks for asking. I agree with the ideas laid out in the book "The Future of Adam and Eve" by Mary Rosera Joyce, whose late husband had an original philosophy of creation and the fall. My understanding is that we were all created perfectly and directly by God. But because we weren't sure if we would accept the gift of being finite, we said "maybe" to God, rather than "yes", or "no". Out of this ambivalence came the Big Bang which is the basis of our good but fallen world. The story in Genesis--which is the story of our actual parents, Adam and Eve--is not the story of our original creation from nothing but the story of our redemptive creation. I think there are passages in Genesis which indicate evolution too. This whole philosophy makes sense of how the world was clearly fallen even before Adam and Eve sinned. Evolution is a process by which God gently guides creation toward its ultimate reunion with him. But we don't evolve from lower creatures. It is our personhood--as bodily spirits-- that actively recieves evolved matter into ourselves in order to work out our salvation in a fallen world, through learning to love all that is through CHrist, the Crucified. One of the key differences between your beliefs in mine is--as I understand it--that you believe in materialism, which means that our personhood is based in our biology. Whereas, I believe our biology is person-based. To make sure I'm on topic, I would see contraception as part of this ambivalence about being finite. I would even say it is very spiritually harmful to contracept, especially if one knows better (which, today, many people do not). It would if the center of our sexuality and intimacy were our genitalia. But the center of our sexuality is our spirituality (our personhood) and our brain, especially the high brain (frontal lobes). Being sexual is expansive and intensive, effecting everything we do. The New Adam and the New Eve never had sexual relations with anyone and were completely chaste and pure, but were the most sexual humans in history because of their love. Do you follow, or am I missing something? [/QUOTE]
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